Verification Certificates, Confirmations of Members Vocations, Lineages, Citizenship
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, comprised of birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, and death certificates; confirmations of Jewish lineage, vocations, ethnicity, and citizenship. Certificates were issued in 1950 and cover the 1890s-1950. Some of the certificates have names written in Hebrew.
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50 / 4022 9 / 10 / 1950 497 Yaqub Naji bin Ibrahim Moshi Miss Rahma Munshi Shakuri The nineteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four AD. 17 ⟦Isaac⟧ 8/10 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/8/10
The date is printed in Hebrew In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that: The named: ⟦Yitzhak Yosef Yitzhak Daluk⟧ Passed away in Baghdad: On the day: ⟦6/2⟧ Of the month: ⟦Adar⟧ Year: ⟦5695⟧ ( 19 / / ) and for that reason I have signed below: ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Haskel Haddad In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Indigent Fifty fils required
Department Copy 40 / 4027 Death Certificate 9 / 10 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that the named Yona Youssef Yona Naftali passed away in Baghdad on the third day of March in the year five thousand six hundred and sixty-five Hebrew. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Mustafa ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 8 / 10 File examination required
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the person named Latif Khadouri Bakhor was born in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD. And for this purpose, we have signed below Baghdad on 8 / 10 / 1950 Witness Yaqub Ibrahim Qattan ⟦illegible⟧ Witness Shaul Ibrahim Qattan I certify the contents of this testimony The Mukhtar 50 Fils 85 F Exempt ⟦illegible⟧ 10/10
⟦The Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ 55 / 2028 10 / 10 / 1950 Birth Certificate Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby certify that the person named Latif Khadouri Bekhor was born in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 10/10/50 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50 / 4029 10 / 10 / 1950 847 Shamoun Abdullah Sayon Shua Hamra Miss Fahima Ishaq Yaqoub Levi The tenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Certified ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 1 / 10 / 10
Department Copy 50/4040 10/10/1950 41 Moshe Rahmin Baruch Miss Wiza Hayawi Baruch The twenty-fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦Certified⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/10/10
The person in charge of Israeli burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on: ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Israeli Community: Baghdad: Greetings: Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that: The person named: Imrah ⟦illegible⟧ Torah Passed away in Baghdad: On the day: 6 / 2 Of the month: March Adar Year: 85 (17/5/1922) and for that reason I have signed below: ⟦illegible⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Israeli burial affairs ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy Death Certificate 4041 / 50 10 / 10 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Yusuf Eliyahu Shalam died in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Isaac ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 10 10 / 10 / 1
⟦True Copy⟧ ⟦Department Register⟧ 422 - 4 / 50 10 / 10 / 1950 149 Sassoon Bazail known as Sassoon Bastail Nissan Lulu Isaac known as Morwari Lulu daughter of Isaac Shamoob The sixteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. 422 (Copy of Certificate) ⟦Signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦Signature⟧ 10 / 10 / ⟦1⟧
Department Copy 50 / 4042 10 / 10 / 1950 37 Munir Shabu Issachar Miss Zalfa Marikh Nassim The twenty-fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦Isaac⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 10 / 10
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50/4044 10/10/1950 487 Anwar Yaqub Moshi Cohen Shammah Miss Thawriya Saliha daughter of Gurji Daoud The thirtieth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦Sifawi⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 1/10/10
⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 4 - 45 10 / 10 / 1950 342 Victor Youssef, known as Victor Korgi son of Youssef Heskel Barhoum Miss Doris Ibrahim Heskel The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/10 Died ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 10 / 10
Department Copy 50/4042 1950/10/20 394 Youssef Hayoun Youssef Saymeh Miss Saida Munshi Haskil Agha Eliyahu The ninth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Isma'i⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 10/9 ⟦red mark⟧ 10/9/1
The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦Avraham H. Sayeg⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦fourth⟧ day of the month of ⟦November⟧ in the year ⟦98⟧ ( ⟦11/4/1948⟧ ) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Avraham⟧ Haskel Haddad The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦illegible⟧ 10 / 19 / 50
Department Copy Death Certificate 4147 / 50 10 / 10 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Lulu Habib Cohen passed away in Baghdad on the sixth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 10 / 9 1 / 9 / 10
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that The named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Avraham⟧ died in Baghdad On the ⟦twentieth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Elul⟧ in the year ⟦5708⟧ ( 2/9/1947 ) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Nissim⟧ ⟦Hezek⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦Mustafa⟧ ⟦Matloub Heskel⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 9 50 / 2048 10 / 10 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Saleh Nassim Isaac bin Saleh died in Baghdad on the third day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦Fra⟧ Mustafa 10 / 9 / 1 ⟦illegible⟧ Matlab Hassan Madani
⟦illegible⟧ 50/4049 10/10/1950 Certificate We hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra Mordechai is one of the retired employees of the Presidency of the Community and receives a nominal salary from the Community Fund in the amount of one dinar and seven hundred and fifty fils with cost of living allowances in the amount of two dinars and two hundred and fifty fils per month. At his request, he was provided with this certificate. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Mustafa 9/10 ⟦illegible⟧ 1/9/10 1
Department Copy 50 / 405 10 / 10 / 1950 40 Hayim Yamin, known as Hayim Benjamin Joseph Miss Simha Nassim Isaac The fourteenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD. Summary Pages 10 / 9 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 9 / 10
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Selim Nessim Levy was born in Baghdad on the 16th day of January in the year 1905 AD. And for this reason, we have signed below. Baghdad on 8 / 10 / 1950 Witness | Witness Shabbou Daoud Shabbou | Ephraim Ezra, Orfaliyah Quarter No. Obeid Quarter 27 / 145 | 1276 / 9 Shabbou Daoud Shabbou | Ephraim Ezra We certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar 50 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ two copies, one in French and the other in English ⟦illegible signature⟧ 1950 10/9 11
⟦illegible⟧ Department 50 / 4051 Certificate 10 / 10 / 1950 Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby certify that Mr. Selim Nassim Masri was born in Baghdad on the sixteenth day of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and five AD ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ Head of the Lay Council Foul Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 9 / 10 ⟦circular stamp illegible⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 4052 /50 9th October 19 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. SALIM NESSIM MASRI was born at Baghdad on the 16th day of January 1905 ( nineteen hundred & five A. D. ). 422 ⟦Shamael⟧ 9/10 2 Copies 300 fils ⟦signature⟧ 9/x 122 ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 4053/50 9th October 1950 MARRAIGE CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. MIER SHAOUL ABRAHAM MURDEKHAY was married at Baghdad to Miss. NAIMA SASSON MOSHI SHELOMO DAOUD on the 21st of September 1922 ( nineteen hundred & twenty two A.D.). ⟦illegible⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. Shamael 9/10 ⟦illegible⟧ 9/10 ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad on 5 / 10 / 1950 The Honorable Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad We, the undersigned, testify that Meir Shaul Ibrahim was born in Baghdad on December 21, 1898 (one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight AD) and that his father Shaul Ibrahim was born and resided in Baghdad and was engaged in money changing and was twenty-eight years old at the time of the birth of his son Meir. As for the mother of the aforementioned Meir, Simha Murad, born in Al-Shamiya and residing in Baghdad, she was twenty-six years old at the time of the birth of her son Meir. Meir and his parents are of the white race, and for this reason we have signed. Witness Daoud Hayqal ⟦signature⟧ Witness Abbas Mustafa The Mukhtar ⟦Revenue stamp with portrait and numeral 50⟧ ⟦Circular ink stamp, mostly illegible⟧ 35 fils Two copies